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UNINA9910780365103321 |
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Autore |
Grodzins Dean |
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Titolo |
American heretic [[electronic resource] ] : Theodore Parker and transcendentalism / / Dean Grodzins |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
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979-88-908722-9-6 |
0-8078-6204-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (657 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-610) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Note on Transcription; 1. This World of Joys and Sorrows; 2. An Immense Change in My Opinions; 3. Period of Disappointment; 4. I Preach Abundant Heresies; 5. All the Force of Transcendentalism That Is in Me; 6. Absolute Religion; Section of Illustrations; 7. I Can Stand Alone; 8. Recovery, Observation, and Thought; 9. Shut In for My Own Good; 10. The Ashes of My Success; Afterword: A Long, Long Warfare Opens before Me; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Theodore Parker was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and Jesus, a brilliant scholar, an agitator for women's rights, an abolitionist and one of the intellectuals who shaped transcendentalism. This account covers hidden facets of his life as well as his public profile. |
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